Few details were immediately available but a sheriff's office spokesperson said the avalanche was triggered around 4:45 p.m.

Bend, Oregon — An avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains killed two backcountry skiers and another was killed in an avalanche near South Lake Tahoe in California, authorities said. In Oregon ...

Soon after calling dispatch, friends of the missing person found his body in the avalanche area, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. On Monday, the Sierra Avalanche Center reported ...

The Greater Lake Tahoe Area and Greater Lake Tahoe area are under an avalanche warning which was reported by the National Weather Service on Friday at 7:24 a.m. The warning is in effect until 7 p ...

The Sierra Avalanche Center’s avalanche warning went into effect at 5 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, and runs through 5 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14. The area affected by the avalanche warning spans from Yuba ...

UPDATE Feb. 22, 7:20 p.m. A Mammoth Mountain ski patrol employee died Saturday as a result of injuries she suffered during an avalanche last week, officials said Saturday evening. "It is with the ...

The Salt Lake County Search and Rescue team received a report of an avalanche early Saturday afternoon north of the Alta Ski Area, between Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Two men, only ...

The Greater Lake Tahoe Area and Greater Lake Tahoe area are under an avalanche warning which was reported by the National Weather Service on Friday at 7:24 a.m. The warning is in effect until 7 p ...

D2 avalanches are typically the length of a football field and are capable of burying, injuring, or killing a person, according to Avalanche.org. Police asked people to stay away from the area and ...

An avalanche watch was reported by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 8:27 a.m. in effect until Thursday at 5 a.m. for Greater Lake Tahoe area. According to the NWS Reno NV ...